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Author archives: Jonckie

  • KZN RTI holds a Public Regulatory Entity (PRE) Workshop.

    March 18, 2017 • Advice, NewsComments Off on KZN RTI holds a Public Regulatory Entity (PRE) Workshop.

    Yesterday the MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison, Mxolisi Kaunda joined senior management personnel and members of the RTI at a Public Regulatory Entity (PRE) Workshop. The Workshop is being held at the Department’s Head Office McDonald...

  • Possible fuel gains wiped out by tax increases – AA

    March 15, 2017 • NewsComments Off on Possible fuel gains wiped out by tax increases – AA

    Although fuel prices are predicted to drop in April, most of the benefit of the decreases will be wiped out by the increases to the general fuel, and Road Accident Fund (RAF) levies. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA), which was commenting...

  • Statement by the Transport Minister on developments at PRASA

    March 13, 2017 • Rail, TransportComments Off on Statement by the Transport Minister on developments at PRASA

    13 March 2017 The Acting Director General of Transport, Ntate Mathabatha Mokonyama The Acting Group CEO of Prasa, Ntate Lindikaya Zide The Executive Management of Prasa present Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning, Let me start by reminding...

  • Umhlanga side impact crash leaves two injured

    March 12, 2017 • Accidents, CarComments Off on Umhlanga side impact crash leaves two injured

    At 12h20 on Sunday afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a collision along Umhlanga Rocks Drive by Ilala Ridge, Umhlanga. Exact detail to the cause of the crash is still speculative and will form part of the South African Police investigation....

  • Road user shares photos of potholes causing damage to vehicles in the Free State

    March 7, 2017 • Accidents, CarComments Off on Road user shares photos of potholes causing damage to vehicles in the Free State

    The following email was shared with road authorities in the Free State as well as the Arrive Alive website: “Last Friday at 22h00 I had the privilege to drive into one of your potholes (Free State side) at the Ascot bridge over the Vaal river. There...

  • 5 Injured in crash in Northdene, Pinetown

    March 4, 2017 • Accidents, CarComments Off on 5 Injured in crash in Northdene, Pinetown

    Five people have been injured three seriously so after two vehicles collided on Hans Detman Highway and Wiltshire Road in Northdene Pinetown on Friday evening. Rescue Care responded to the call just after 11pm last night and found that two vehicles had...

  • Train derails in Namibia on washed-away tracks

    March 4, 2017 • Accidents, TrainComments Off on Train derails in Namibia on washed-away tracks

    A train on its way from Tsumeb to Walvis Bay derailed between Kranzberg and Omaruru after the railway had been washed away by flooding rivers overnight. Hans Karon, TransNamib’s Area Chief of Operations, confirmed the incident and said it occurred at about...

  • Durban CBD crash leaves eight injured – one dead

    March 1, 2017 • Accidents, CarComments Off on Durban CBD crash leaves eight injured – one dead

    On Wednesday evening at around 20h00 Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a collision at the intersection of Commercial and Field Streets in Durban. Reports from the scene indicate that two cars collided with a side impact crash, one then veered off and...

  • 3 Injured in city crash, Durban

    February 26, 2017 • Accidents, CarComments Off on 3 Injured in city crash, Durban

    Three people have been injured one seriously so after two vehicles collided at the corner of Umgeni Road and Churchill Road in Durban in the early hours of Saturday morning. Just after 00:30 Rescue Care Paramedics responded to the scene to find the two badly...

  • Taxi and car collide on N2 at Umgababa

    February 22, 2017 • Accidents, Car, TaxiComments Off on Taxi and car collide on N2 at Umgababa

    At 15h21 on Wednesday afternoon Netcare 911 paramedics responded to a collision on the N2 south just before the Umgababa off ramp. Reports from the scene indicate that a VW Polo was traveling towards Durban when he hit a big puddle of water, veered across the...